Special GroundUp series on social grants
Several offices closed on Tuesday
Brief | 14 August 2024
Social grant beneficiaries get up before dawn or sleep outside the office in Eerste River
News | 8 August 2024
Pilot programme rolled out to help recipients of the Social Relief of Distress grant to verify their identity
News | 30 July 2024
It is irrational to expect people who can’t afford food to have a smartphone and internet access
By Kelle Howson, Hoodah Abrahams-Fayker, Vayda Megannon and General Alfred Moyo
Opinion | 30 July 2024
Providing a guaranteed minimum level of income frees people from vicious cycle of poverty, says Archbishop Thabo Makgoba
News | 26 July 2024
Plan is to slash time spent on paperwork
News | 25 July 2024
Many beneficiaries of the monthly R370 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant might not be paid
News | 26 June 2024
Biometric identification has been introduced to fight fraud, says agency
News | 19 June 2024
And the R2,180 monthly amount is too little to cover the costs of caring for a child with disabilities
By Daniel Steyn
News | 23 May 2024
South Africa can learn from Brazil
Abby May, Zen Mathe and Michael Marchant for Open Secrets
Analysis | 13 May 2024
There are risks in using a private company to pay the grants
Abby May, Zen Mathe and Michael Marchant for Open Secrets
Analysis | 10 May 2024
The sad history of Net1 and the Post Office shows that this is an important question
Abby May, Zen Mathe and Michael Marchant for Open Secrets
Analysis | 8 May 2024
But SASSA says it’s too late
By Masoka Dube
News | 9 April 2024
“People are poor and cannot afford to travel far for services that should be here,” says resident
Brief | 8 April 2024
Tribal authority promises to take up the issue
By Masoka Dube
Brief | 26 March 2024
Old age, war veterans, disability and care dependency grants up by R90 in April and another R10 from October
News | 21 February 2024